Hôtel Crayon

Top choice in Paris


Line drawings by French artist Julie Gauthron bedeck walls and doors at this creative hotel. Le crayon (the pencil) is the theme, with 26 rooms sporting a different shade of each floor’s chosen colour, including coloured-glass shower doors. Guests can swap the books on the bedside table to take home. There's an honesty bar and a lift.

Beautiful pieces of 1950s and 1960s flea-market furniture add a dash of retro, and doodling on the walls is a unique perk for guests sleeping in the dazzling white-and-silver suite. Pick which fragrance you’d like your room perfumed with, help yourself to coffee or grab a drink from the fridge, and make yourself at home. Quel bonheur!


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